As it’s International Men’s Day, here are my main men... Jack the lad and TB my dad. Both equally brilliant in their own ways. And I’m rocking my Movember Mo for the 9th time in 9 years for various reasons. Dad actually had prostate cancer a few years ago but because he knew his numbers and got it checked early, the docs were able to cure him. But prostate cancer is hereditary which means there’s a good chance me and Jack could develop it when we’re older. Thanks dad!! But knowing the symptoms like reduced peeing power, blood in your urine and fatigue can help to catch it early. #knowledgeispower#internationalmensday#movember#menshealth#fatherandson#mainmen#dad#son#brother#uncle

#lucymcbath, the gun control and #racialjustice#activist whose #son was killed in a 2012 shooting, is now headed to #congress, after winning a razor-thin election decided Thursday morning.
Ms. McBath defeated the #republican incumbent #karenhandel, who only last year won a closely watched special election in the same #georgia district. Though Ms. Handel did not concede the race until Thursday morning, Ms. McBath, who is also a former Delta flight attendant, claimed victory in a statement released Wednesday. The Associated Press officially called the race for Ms. McBath on Thursday morning, with her lead at just under 3,000 votes.
“Six years ago I went from a Marietta #mom to a #mother on a mission,” she said, referencing her teenage son’s death. #jordandavis, Ms. McBath’s son, was 17 when he was shot and killed by a #whiteman at a gas station after refusing to turn down the volume of the #rapmusic playing in his car. The man was later convicted of first-degree murder.
The win furthers the advantage in the House for Democrats, who could see more gains in several still-too-close-to-call races across the country. The district, once held by Newt Gingrich, was initially thought to have been out of reach for Democrats, but tightening polls in the campaign’s final weeks pushed the National Republican Campaign Committee, the House political arm, to run several new advertisements in the district in support of Ms. Handel. “It is clear I came up a bit short Tuesday,” Ms. Handel said on Thursday morning. “Congratulations to Representative-Elect Lucy McBath and send her only good thoughts and much prayer for the journey that lies ahead for her.”
Ms. McBath was once thought to be a long-shot candidate even among members of her own party, and had even first planned to run for state or local office. Now, she will be the first nonwhite person to represent Georgia’s Sixth District, a section of the state overwhelmingly filled with white and affluent voters. “At the end of the day, whatever you think about me; whatever happens or whatever I become in the future, I’ll still always be Jordan’s mom,” Ms. McBath said during a campaign event last month.
#foodforthought#rbg